Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister

[honeybee13]

An interesting take by David Allen Green, lawyer, on how politicians are trying to avoid scrutiny. A lot of this isn't new but it shows that the truth is under attack on a number of fronts.

 

The ‘benefit of hindsight’ is becoming the modern ‘benefit of clergy’ – politics, accountability and rhetoric – The Law and Policy Blog

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25th August 2021 There are various means by which those with political power can evade accountability for what they do and do not do. (By...

 

[honeybee13]

This is quite a long read but I found it informative to go back to the beginnings of the anti-Europe movement and how Daniel Hannan and Dominic Cummings used it.

 

The man who brought you Brexit | Brexit | The Guardian

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The Long Read: Britain’s vote to leave the EU was the grand finale of a 25-year campaign by a lonely sect of true believers. Daniel Hannan wrote the...

 

[honeybee13]

The Citizens have released this clip by the lady who started the My Little Crony website.

 

 

[honeybee13]

..and here's another breach that won't be acted on.

 

Boris Johnson broke ministerial code jetting to the Hartlepool by-election on taxpayer funds, Conservative Party spending return suggests

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The Conservative Party spending return says it spent £0 on transport for the Hartlepool by-election. But Boris Johnson flew to the area for an...

 

[tobyjugg2]

Churchill had Dunkirk where he managed to pull a miracle out of the bag against the overwhelming modernised might of the (then) all conquering German Forces

 

Johnson has Kabul and an ignominious rout by some tribesmen with kalashnicovs and rpgs

[tobyjugg2]

Hilarious TripAdvisor reviews appear on Raab's Crete hotel

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"Quite honestly, there could be a war going on outside, and you'd barely notice it. Bliss!" one person wrote of the Crete resort

 

[tobyjugg2]

Trade war breaks out between chicken processing plants and transport firms. Rumours of farmers entering bidding war for prisoners

Australia says we have some prisoners you can have.

 

UK lorry driver shortage could be plugged by prisoners on day release

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The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers will reportedly meet with HM Prison Service this week - Business and Economics

 

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[brassnecked]

Nice career move for that getaway driver then.

[tobyjugg2]

and all those no insurance speeders - community work driving hgv's

 

CV

- As seen on TV - police camera action (speeders special)

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[tobyjugg2]

Patel holds slave  auction

 

How much am I bid for these fine ... indentured sla.. err workers

 

Farmers representative: £6 each a day

Chicken processing plant rep: too rich for my blood

Transport rep: £7 each a day and I'll water them and give each a sausage roll if I can get any

Farmers rep: Thats as much as EU workers cost are you crazy - I'm out

 

Patel: Sold to the transport business - how many do you want?

Payment as Cheques payable to cash or cash transfers to caymen islands please. Bitcoin considered.

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[honeybee13]

NHS hospitals are told to describe extra buildings on existing sites, like the cancer unit Javid opened the other day, or renovations to existing buildings 'new hospitals'.

 

NHS trusts told to describe building work on existing sites as ‘new hospitals’

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Leaked communications ‘playbook’ reveals government spin on new hospitals programme

 

[honeybee13]

The Home Office's helpline for vulnerable people in Afghanistan, or their relatives, redirected people to a washing machine repair company. The Home Office has refused to apologise.

 

Home Office blames 'technical glitch' as Afghan calls sent to washing machine firm

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THE Home Office has blamed a “technical glitch” after callers to an emergency Afghanistan helpline were redirected to a washing machine...

 

[tobyjugg2]

The British armed forces, just like the NHS, will always deliver professionally and with incredible skill and courage. But they rely on governments to set coherent and competent strategies, including “exit strategies”.

- Paul Waugh

[tobyjugg2]

So lets see

* Biden took Trumps mess, flushed the few half worthwhile bits down the toilet – then added a good dollop of his own poo to the remaining crap – then legs it claiming goals achieved good job done.

 

 

* Rabb, Despite claiming he was putting plans in place since April to address this issue raised last year, was still caught by surprise 4 months after he was putting plans in place - nobody could have done better he burbles.

Still the depth and breadth and sheer amount of work Rabb must have put into the extensive plans detailed as ‘don’t bother me I’m on holiday’ must be inspiring to all our troops past present and future wherever they may be, and bring utter fear - of being unable to stifle breaking out in laughter at any diplomatic event Britain attends - to the whole worlds diplomats and leaders.

 

 

* Johnson says ‘world power global Britain’ simply cant hold an airport against some tribesmen without the USA to hold his hand - being as hes trashed the UK’s reputation with absolutely everyone else quite rightly won’t trust him as far as they can spit uphill against the wind let alone agree to put their nationals and nations honour on the line at his word undoubtedly just to get Johnson 'the incompetent and unmitigated liar' a headline before he stabs them in the back.

Biden apparently took 7 minutes in the ‘G7’ meeting to tell him ‘shut up and up yours you worthless little-trump’ (or some such). Not sure if Johnson got more than 'urm, bub, urm well urm and a quick tussle and flounce of his own hair out.

 

* Biden swears revenge on the group that bombed the airport apparently to prove that Bidens claim of success in ending Afghanistan as a base for terrorism was horse poop and pile even more shame and dishonour on the heads of the west while Biden sends his troops charging away from the enemy he has enabled and empowered. Biden expects more of the same.

 

* While the Taliban who can stop Afghans from getting to the airport through their road blocks, and can just walk into foreign embassy’s to get details of Afghans who worked with foreigners, apparently ‘cant’ seem to stop one of their ‘ISIS sworn enemies’ getting through with a suicide vest - but all is not lost as the Taliban allegedly can give the yanks intelligence to target a drone strike on some of the Talibans enemies ….

 

That about cover it so far?

[unclebulgaria67]

Afghanistan will now be a total nightmare for years.  The Teleban are not one United group, but are made up from different factions. And then you have ISIS plus other groups.

 

US, UK and others must know that a war between all of these different terrorist groups is going to start within the next few months. And they have all of the military equipment that was donated by US to the Afghan army to use when they start fighting each other.

 

You can understand why there are large numbers of people heading for the borders to leave the country.

 

 

 

 

 

[brassnecked]

The problem might come here as well, if you take Dr North's opinion into account, many conflicting tensions in the region.

 

Afghanistan: Pakistanis and Indians | Turbulent Times

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In its own way, the fall of Afghanistan is probably every bit as important as Brexit, with the repercussions just as serious and long-lasting, in ways that...

 

[honeybee13]

Palestinian restaurants prepares 600 meals for Afghan refugees arriving at Manchester airport.

 

Palestinian restaurant cooks 600 meals for Afghan refugees arriving in UK after fleeing Taliban

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'We have a shared experience and a connection,' Ali Yousef told i. 'Because it’s so close to home I feel I have a duty to help those suffering now'

 

[honeybee13]

No 10 has sent ministers out today. Johnson and Raab went to a call centre trying to help people stuck in Afghanistan and showed absolutely no empathy on the clip I saw. People are up in arms about it.

 

Meanwhile, some unfortunate refugees arrived at Heathrow and were met by Rosa Klebb, oops, I mean the Home Secretary.

[honeybee13]

Rishi Sunak's wife sees two companies go under owing money to HMRC and the government's Future Fund.

 

Two of Rishi Sunak's wife's firms go under in pandemic owing taxman £623,000 - Mirror Online

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The mega-rich wife of Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Akshata Murty, owned stakes in two firms hit by the pandemic including one which borrowed £1.3million...

 

[tobyjugg2]

On 28/08/2021 at 19:22, honeybee13 said:

Meanwhile, some unfortunate refugees arrived at Heathrow and were met by Rosa Klebb, oops, I mean the Home Secretary.

 

Lotte would be offended by your reference

Her hips were never that big, nor was her looks or character ever that bad, her spirit that treacherous or evil, or her blades ever that backstabbing

 

[unclebulgaria67]

Imagine Tim Martin and Boris down the local Wetherspoons looking to sink a few pints to celebrate Brexit.  Only problem is that partly due to Brexit,  they are running out of beer !   Is the Brexit dividend, the heatlh benefit from people drinking less alcohol ? 

 

Beer shortages at Wetherspoon as Brexit and Covid hit supply chains

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Carling and Coors off the menu as lorry driver crisis continues

 

[tobyjugg2]

our local Morrisons seems to be really struggling too - far more than Tesco or aldi

 

Mind you, it could be that the drivers are refusing to go there given security and some staff not wearing masks despite the blurb over the speakers asking customers to.

 

Maskless is spreading around here, and who can blame them - I should imagine many are thinking: if they aren't protecting me, why should I protect them

[honeybee13]

This is interesting from Ian Dunt on Raab's appearance in front of the select committee yesterday.

 

Dominic Raab let his guard down during his grilling by MPs and revealed the Government’s hostility to refugees

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Beneath the waffle lay revealing truths about the government's priorities

 

[tobyjugg2]

Rabb retreated into truisms? more like Rabb retreated into waffle

 

"You know the drill by now: minister is accused of performing poorly in a crisis; minister gets hauled before a select committee to explain their decision-making; minister gives unsatisfactory answers; minister keeps their job "

- Independent

 

TRIDENT MOVE?

The UK government has denied making secret plans to move its Trident nuclear submarines abroad in the event of Scottish independence. Several senior officials were cited by the Financial Times on Wednesday as saying they had been briefed on plans which could see Britain’s nuclear deterrents housed in France or the United States if Nicola Sturgeon’s governing Scottish National Party achieves its goal of Scotland seceding from the UK. 

- The Independent

 

Great .. err Englands nuclear deterrent housed in France .. or the USA

Cant see the yanks wanting or allowing a UK nuclear deterrent on America soil - unless its 'American soil' in England - perhaps an American free port in England?

 

So that leaves the France and the EU to host the 'sovereign' UK's nuclear subs does it?'

sovereign' - is that what the UK will be worth by the end of Johnsons tenure?

[honeybee13]

Food and drink exports to Europe fell by £2bn in the first half of this year.

 

Brexit: food and drink exports to EU suffer ‘disastrous’ decline | Food & drink industry | The Guardian

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First-half sales fall £2bn, says industry body, as barriers are compounded by staff shortages